Monday, 28 January 2013

LAST DAYS OF THE CLOSING DOWN SALE NOW ON!

*** HURRY ***

And
so it has come that RES will be closing its doors on the 31st
January 2013, exactly 2 & 1/2 years after opening them. But what a
great ride it's been!

To
CELEBRATE those years and the fun, inspiration and precious
friendships shared, we are having a sale - 33% off everything for the
entire month of January. And then the doors will close, the website
will be offline.

I
would like to wish you all the VERY BEST for 2013. Thank you again,
from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU for your support and friendship
during the journey that was Red Earth Scrapping.

Helen xx.

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Welcome to Red Earth Scrapping!

You will recall way back in October I shocked many of you with an
announcement about Red Earth Scrapping being offered for sale. Since
that time I have had a few enquiries from people interested in the
business, but sadly the timing is not right for them, and I have now
made the decision to close Red Earth Scrapping.

This truly breaks my heart as it was less than 3 years ago I
started the process of turning my dream into reality. I've put so much
time and effort into the business - and honestly, have enjoyed it
immensely - but in those few years our family circumstances have
changed too, and I simply dont have the time and energy to put into
RES. As you know, I married a farmer and have embraced all things about
living and working on the land. My husband and I now run the family
farm business which is quite an undertaking, and we have huge and
exciting plans for our future. This is where I now need to focus my
time and energies, along with being a wife and mother, and picking up
work at the local highschool to supplement our income. Having somehow
survived 10 years of drought, the farm business requires all our
efforts to once again thrive, especially in such tough economic times.

And
so it has come that RES will be closing its doors on the 31st January
2013, exactly 2 & 1/2 years after opening them. But what a great
ride it's been!

To
CELEBRATE those years and the fun, inspiration and precious friendships
shared, we are having a sale - 33% off everything for the entire
month of January. And then the doors will close, the website will be
offline.

(I will do my best to keep stock numbers accurate however if something is sold out I will offer an alternate item or refund)

Thursday, 1 November 2012

Another month, another mystery box challenge.... where i give you a set of ingredients to create a layout or project.

Thank you to all our wonderful and loyal friends that complete my challenge every month - I feel very THANKFUL to be part of a kind and sharing community, who want to have a go at my challenge each month. And I always LOVE seeing all the beautiful intepretations of the ingredients.

In the meantime... here are the ingredients so you can make a start- planning and preparing.

Please use the following ingredients in your page or project:
* Use the word "THANKFUL"
* Use Mini-prints (smaller photos - you can use cropped ones, if you cant print any)
* Use Ledger paper (eg. check out these LOVELY Prima collections in store - Ledger Pad #1 or Ledger Pad #2 - what a great price, for such wonderful versatile papers)
* Do journalling, in a LIST (eg. a list of things you are thankful for)

Here is my sample:

Check out the LilyBee and Prima papers I used HERE and HERE
Check out the Dusty Attic chipboard HERE
Check out the Mistable butterflies HERE
Check out the SMOOCH INKS I painted the chippie and butteflies with, HERE
and make the most of 25% off this month!

Please upload your page into the gallery for your chance to win an instore voucher,....

Well, Thats the theme this month - lets be thankful for our many blessings and share that thanks. It feels good! AND I am thankful for 25% off everything in the RED EARTH store. I am thankful for being able to share my scrapbooking with all of you!

Use
this code during check out - NOV25SALE.

The
sale is on for 10 days only - 1st - 10th November 2012.

HURRY
... HAPPY SHOPPING!!!

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Susanne's come up with a fabulous little mid-month challenge for us this month ...

Stuck in a rut creatively or maybe you've not got alot of time to
create? Well here's a quick mid-month challenge that can hopefully get
the mojo flowing & might even get you started on your Christmas
cards or gift wrapping.

Create some cards or some sort of little gift box or bag,
which you could possibly use to hold the cards or maybe some other small
present for someone special.

I've made some cards which are just under 4 inches square to fit into
a little pizza box. I used 1 sheet of white 12X12 C/S for the base of
the cards, just under 1/2 sheet of kraft C/S plus 1/2 a sheet of black
C/S for the pizza box.

Sunday, 30 September 2012

A day early.... in a few hours and I will be on a plane to Qatar. I am a Speech Pathologist and specialise in technology for students with disabilities. I have a contract to present 2 days of workshops to educators over there. What an amazing opporunity right? So thats my life - speechie by day, scrapper by night!

Here is this months challenge:

Please create a layout or project using the following core ingredients:

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

"The time has come the walrus said ... for RES to move ahead."

After
much soul searching and some serious debating (both practical and
emotional), I have decided it is time to allow someone else to continue
the Red Earth journey, and take my baby to the next level.

The
last 2 & and half years have been the most wonderful experience -
my dream of combining my passion of scrapbooking with a business venture
became reality and flourished. I achieved my goal of creating a warm
and friendly community, developing beautiful friendships and providing
great products, at great prices with great service. The "work" is always
enjoyable and easy to manage.

They
say all good things must come to an end, but I see this as the next
chapter for RES, and for myself. It's not the end, it's really the
beginning, an opportunity for YOU to now take on the business and make
it your own, take it further and keep Red Earth Scrapping alive and well
in the industry.

It's time for me to focus on our farm business, our family and my new job.

So
I now extend the invitation to you, and the Australian Scrapbooking
community, and am calling for Expressions of Interest for the sale of Red
Earth Scrapping.

We have an
excellent online presence, an established name, image and fully
functioning website, and a huge database of customers.

Please contact me directly at helen@redearthscrapping.com.au for details of business facts and figures and other information. All enquiries will be treated confidentially.

In the mean time however it will be business as usual at Red Earth Scrapping.

With
the arrival of spring there's been an influx of gorgeous new products
in the shop. Our monthly challenges are all happening as per usual and
the daily chit chat, forum swaps and gallery inspiration continues.